Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-17
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enters ch. m. Ida Glenn, weight 1O7
Baker enters. oh. g. Vice Regent, weigh
IL. Babb enters. b. 6. Diavalo. weigh
lO4. Vrooman enters. Little Turf. weigh
80. In the pools Diavalo sold for $50
lda $2s. Vice Regent $14 and Turf IS
Tor a quarter had a good race
Turf remaining with them to tina
distance. but there he dropped
back. Diavalo, who held the lead, run 6
waiting race. and thus he, Ida and Regen,
were in close company until they turned
into the stretch. They had a fine rae:
down, Regent pushing Djavalo hard, bu,
the latter crossed the mark a winner by 8
neck with Regent second and Ida a good
third, Turf distanced. Time, 1:43z
Mutuals paid 1926.
For the second heat the only change in
the pool selling was that .Diavalo was still
more OF q favorite than in the previous
one. The start was rather a bad one 70,
Regent, and the race, though it looked
pretty belonged to Diavalo from the start
At the turn, 10 some way, Ida fouled Regent
and got second which she held all the dis
lance. Diavalo again waited and there
was q snowy dash down the stretch. but
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Ida came in second but on accout of the
foul. the place was awarded Regent. Time,
1:4SH. Mutuals paid $3.50.
81 HUNDRED YARD DASH.
The concluding race of the day was a
running dash Of 600 yards for q purse o.
500. The starters we're as follows:
Smith names b. 6. Cyclone, Baker names
b. e. Green Prewitt. Mcintosh names Oh. m
Lila Ferguson, Babb names cb. &. Bogus
In the pools Cyclone was q favorite at $25
with the field at SIS. The hour was late,
and there was considerable time lost in
getting q start, 80 that it wal impossible
to distinguish the colors from the stand.
They, however, had q nice race, and Cy.
clone came in like q cyclone, q winner in
the remarkable time OF 31X. There is
some question as to the correctness oil
this time, many insisting that it was not
made, but several watches showed 80, and
NJ no protest was made, the record was
hung up as showed by the official timer,
tit fourth. Paris mutuals paid $500.
NOTES.
Late in the afternoon q run away team
in the in-tield caused considerable conster.
nation and excitement. No damage, how.
ever. was done.
Patrol Judge Murray, lost his piebald
horse, and the animal made a bad break
for liberty but was caught up before he had
accomplished his purpose.
10 Woolman may know more aboutrace
horses than he did yesterday but his knowl-
edge was expensive.
Many of the Helena gentlemen who got
pointers on Little 10 borrowed money to
go home.
II the time as given in the 600 yard
race be correct the winner, Cyclone, is not
misnamed.
The pool men handled $4,000 yester.
day, OF which $4,000 passed through the
mutuals.
The races between the express teams
coming rom the races are as lively as the
shows. They are, however, not so pleas
ant to the passengers.
Moritz Koch turned green with envy
yesterday when another journalist valiently
assisted in capturing a runaway horse.
George Haldorn, after failing to guess the
winners, concluded that the only honest
way of betting was the wheel OF fortune
After he had dropped $25 on the blue, he
concluded that even the wheel was open to
suspicion.
Marcus DAILY, toward evening, reached
the conclusion that he had better lucl
throwing rings for canes, than in picking
winners for races.
Hank Walton has made so excellent 8
Judge that it will be hard work for him tt
beg off in the future.
Most oil the Deer Lodge gentlemen wen
home last night to prepare for their races
/ which begin Tuesday.
w. j. Penrose, proprietor OF the Minini
Journal, was on the track, but he elthe
had no judgment, or no money to back 1t
for he got home neither a winner or
loser.
Jim McMasters was so excited after tn
victory oil Ranchero that he rushed iron
the iudpes' stand 10 catch the train ant
left his presentation gold-headed caue. l
was pawned for drinks for the crowd.
For a tenderfoot Frank Lynch is not g
bad. When he balanced accounts with tn
nool box last night the credit side OF tn
ledger showed a balance in his iavor c
nearly $500.
Lee Mantle was too busy to make bets
and the only two that he did make he lost
They were for even 50 each. and were VIC
by a newspaper man.
Col. John B. Read, of the 1ntsr-Mour
tain. took Velox instead OF Ranchero 10
the dark horse. Result, he will be on shor
rationsfo about two days.
Jim Murray thought Rolla might vi!
and Jim made a worse guess thar be al
when he patented the Smokehouse.
If Captain Shepherd had have had on!
a hundred or two dollars to bet he woul
have been rich to-day. He guessed all tn
winners, but was a little short OF cash I
back his opinion.
DELEGATE Voorhees,, OF Washington Teri
tory, at the last moment concluded tna
Roila would win the fourth heat. he pal
for his mistake, but will nave enous
money to get home to Coliax.